IIPRD

MARCH 13, 2025

All the creations of the human minds such as designs, inventions, artistic works, names, symbols, etc. Patents Patent protects new inventions that features technological advancements or economic significance or both and are capable of being used in the industry. Key Features: The invention must be new, non-obvious, and have utility.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 14, 2023

New York state recently amended Labor Law Section 203-f, codifying a hurdle for employers who seek to claim ownership over an employee's inventions. First, the law narrows what is permissible in agreements and contracts between employers and employees (e.g.

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IP Law 360

MARCH 21, 2025

closed out the third trial in contract litigation with Netlist Inc. on Friday by telling a California federal jury that the chipmaker has "invented" a nonexistent breach because it wants to claw back valuable patent licenses. A lawyer for Samsung Electronics Co.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 28, 2022

In particular, a letter was sent that included pricing information, payment terms, shipping conditions and bulk pricing options, which the court held are typical of commercial contracts. By: Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 30, 2021

Is your employee handbook sufficient to automatically capture patent rights in your employee’s inventions? It is common practice to include a transfer of any future inventions in an employee handbook. Typically, the employee is required to review and sign the handbook and, as a result, a binding contract is created.

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The IPKat

JULY 11, 2022

The decision in J 8/20 demonstrates that the current patent system is more than capable of dealing with AI inventions when and if they arise, without harming innovation or treating the AI inventors unfairly. The patent applications purportedly relate to the inventions of an AI ("DABUS").

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 18, 2023

That statement argued that Moderna should be released from infringement liability under the terms of a government contract that “authorize[d] and consent[ed] to all use and manufacture” of any U.S. patented invention. The event was prompted in part by a recent U.S. s COVID-19 vaccine.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 31, 2022

by Marianna Ryan Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs) are a new type of quasi-corporate entities, existing with the use of blockchain and smart contracts. The use of blockchain and smart contracts in the creation of DAOs has its pros and cons. Here's what Marianna writes: Ownership of IP rights by DAOs – the future is nigh?

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 25, 2023

Is your employee handbook sufficient to capture patent rights in your employee’s inventions? It is common practice to include, in an employee handbook, a policy requiring transfer of any future inventions. Typically, the employee is required to review and sign the handbook, but ordinarily this does not create a contract.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Manufacturers Like Custom Contract Furnishings in High Point, North Carolina. Photo of a Custom Contract Furnishings (CCF) worker making upholstered seating for the hospitality, health care and senior living industries. . Custom Contract Furnishings (CCF) is one of the many furniture manufacturers located near High Point.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Federal Contracting; Contractor Disclosure Requirements to Funding Agencies and Funding Agency March-in Rights. The act also establishes the rights for businesses and nonprofits to patent and commercialize inventions developed within the scope of the funding agreement.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 27, 2023

In this 650-paragraph judgement , the court ruled that students can in certain situations be “consumers” vis a vis the university under the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulation 1999/2083) (UTCCR). In Oct 2013, Mr. Jing commenced his DPhil studies (PhD equivalent), signing a contract which included the University’s IP Provisions.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Merck Sharp took Johns Hopkins University to federal court in Maryland on Tuesday over claims that the university secretly obtained patents for inventions based on a collaborative clinical study treating cancer patients with Merck Sharp's Keytruda drug and funding, and then licensing the patents to others in violation of their contract.

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IPilogue

JULY 7, 2021

While an employer may have invested significant resources to facilitate the production of an invention and wish to capitalize on their investment, their employee also likely devoted significant time and energy into developing the invention and may feel entitled to benefit from its associated IP. Private Sector Employees.

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 16, 2024

There are various laws in India that govern IPR and gaming laws, but the primary law are Patents Act, of 1970 , Trademark Act, of 1999 and Indian Contract Act, of 1872. Patents are given in the gaming industry for protecting technological inventions. Since it promotes creativity, safeguards innovation and encourages fair competition.

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Nelligan Law

AUGUST 8, 2022

Simply put, IP can be anything – inventions, music, art, plays – created by the human mind. This is different from a patent, which helps to protect inventions (like creating a new tool). Was the invention created within the scope of that employment? Why is IP important? So, why does any of this matter?

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Although the court dismissed a contract claim, copyright and false advertising claims survived. However, the court dismissed the breach of contract claim, finding the EULA’s anti-reverse engineering provisions preempted by copyright law. Plaintiff wasn’t suing over copying the simulated version of the course.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 28, 2023

Simply put “march-in” rights would allow the government to take control of the IP rights of inventions owned by private companies if those inventions have been funded by public money through grants from the government or through licensing agreements with government R&D institutions. Who owns IP resulting from these agreements?

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The IPKat

MARCH 13, 2025

The EPO generally permits functional definitions provided that a skilled person would have no difficulty in providing some means of performing this function without exercising inventive skill (EPO Guidelines for Examination, F.IV-2.1 In its decision, the Court of Appeal disagreed with the Local Division's finding.

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IPilogue

JULY 29, 2022

While artists may inherently feel like they are “held hostage” by their record labels, it all comes down to the contract terms that both the artist and record label agreed upon. Common contract terms found in recording agreements include rights granted, producer royalties, and promotions.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 8, 2023

That statement argued that Moderna should be released from infringement liability under the terms of a government contract that “authorize[d] and consent[ed] to all use and manufacture” of any U.S. patented invention. Goldberg of the District of Delaware received several filings related to the impact of the U.S.

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Patently-O

JULY 19, 2021

” The examiner rejected the claims as directed to a fundamental economic practice rather than a practical invention and that, absent the computer limitations, the method is a mental process (with pencil + paper). On appeal though the PTAB affirmed: Hedging risk is a fundamental economic practice. Ex parte Knoll , Appeal No. ”

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Patently-O

MARCH 26, 2024

The Supreme Court ultimately reversed the lower court’s decision upholding the patent and found instead that Brady’s claimed invention lacked novelty and did not constitute a patentable advance over the prior art. Such an indiscriminate creation of exclusive privileges tends rather to obstruct than to stimulate invention.

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The IPKat

JUNE 29, 2022

Back in 2021, the UK IPO undertook a consultation on AI and IP covering: copyright in works made by AI; text and data mining using copyright material; and patents for inventions devised by AI. Patent protection for AI-devised inventions. For AI-devised inventions no change to UK patent law are being currently considered.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

.” (a) Except as otherwise provided in this title, whoever without authority makes, uses, offers to sell, or sells any patented invention, within the United States or imports into the United States any patented invention during the term of the patent therefor, infringes the patent. ” Halo Elecs., Marvell Tech. 3d 1283 (Fed.

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The IPKat

MAY 18, 2024

A key aspect of the Basic Proposal is an international disclosure requirement for patent applications (Article 3): For inventions [ materially/directly ] based on genetic resources, applicants would be required to disclose the country of origin, or if that is unknown, the source of the genetic resources.

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Patently-O

MAY 2, 2022

The “on sale bar” prohibits patenting an invention that was placed “on sale” prior to the application being filed. 126 (1877) (delay excused by “bona fide effort to bring his invention to perfection, or to ascertain whether it will answer the purpose intended”). ” Pfaff v. Wells Elecs., 55 (1998).

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Intepat

MARCH 13, 2025

While protection of copyright is possible by subjecting the creation to the IP jurisdiction of the country to which the author belongs, it is not so simple in the case of inventions or trademarks created in outer space. The insertion of specific clauses discussing the ownership, protection and enforcement of intellectual property is key.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

Patents The Report discussed in section IV: (i) the use of NFTs to manage registration, ownership, and licensing of patents; and (ii) how current patent laws apply to NFT-related inventions. Commenters provided a variety of views regarding how current patent laws and requirements apply to inventions related to NFTs and blockchain technology.

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Trading Secrets

APRIL 18, 2023

In our AI-driven world, we might rephrase it as: If we share our secrets with an AI language model like ChatGPT, but the information remains unused, does it count as trade secret disclosure or public disclosure of an invention? Spoiler alert: sharing invention details with ChatGPT does not count as public use or on sale. enablement).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 24, 2023

Now, the primary vehicle to stop web scraping is with breach of contract claims. Now, in its case against Bright Data, Twitter’s lawyers filed three claims: breach of contract, tortious interference with a contract, and unjust enrichment. In the end, it was a pyrrhic victory. They don’t need or seek alternative legal theories.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 9, 2022

These rights have the sole purpose and that it so protects and confer the creation or an invention specific to a certain period. Trademarks- as the patents protect the inventions, trademarks refer to the unique symbols and phrases used by an organization helping them to distinguish from the others in a competitive market.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 2, 2021

Lets look at the contract. Both the district court and appellate court agreed that the agreement was not a present assignment of future inventions. The basic question is whether the Islam’s employment agreement with UM caused his inventorship rights to be automatically transferred in this situation. employment.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 18, 2023

In our AI-driven world, we might rephrase it as: If we share our secrets with an AI language model like ChatGPT, but the information remains unused, does it count as trade secret disclosure or public disclosure of an invention? Spoiler alert: sharing invention details with ChatGPT does not count as public use or on sale. enablement).

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Universities often out-license patents protecting inventions created using federal funding to private companies including many startups. universities and academic institutions rely heavily on federal grants to fund their research and generate innovations in life sciences. By: Goodwin

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Even if Google’s conduct could be interpreted as a technical violation of many websites’ notoriously overbroad terms of service, their conduct doesn’t meet the criteria for most online breach of contract disputes. Trademark, copyright, trespass to chattels, the law of online contracts—none of this stuff is novel.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 22, 2024

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Tuesday, May 21, issued a precedential decision vacating and remanding a district court’s finding that Core Optical Technologies didn’t have standing to sue Nokia due to the language of a contract between the inventor and his employer. where he worked at the time of the invention.

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